tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post7344794104463523350..comments2023-06-15T04:04:25.958-07:00Comments on Stuck in the Middle with You: Women in the WorkplaceKennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03199895911184527653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post-8743930165915859682010-07-20T19:14:36.843-07:002010-07-20T19:14:36.843-07:00I should also mention that I appreciate devil'...I should also mention that I appreciate devil's advocacy, both because it stimulates thought and conversation, and because it is a role that I quite often play myself.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199895911184527653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post-77093601146381703382010-07-20T19:13:35.500-07:002010-07-20T19:13:35.500-07:00I thought the consensus would be dinner is better ...I thought the consensus would be dinner is better than stock advice. Yet dinner is worth much less in our economy.<br /><br />I believe that I did make the qualification that the vast majority, rather than all, jobs should be equally open to men and women. Regarding differences between men and women, I tend to favor the nurture explanation over the nature explanation for most of them. Perhaps it is because I am a guy who's greatest enjoyment is quite possibly long conversations with friends. Though I have yet to see truly deep simultaneous two-way communication. Anyway, even if one gender is more suited to a certain job, given the diversity within a gender it seems unlikely that no one of the opposite gender will be able to do it, so in almost all cases I see no reason to gender segregate jobs.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03199895911184527653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post-51613731352055030912010-07-18T21:09:21.959-07:002010-07-18T21:09:21.959-07:00I feel like playing devil's advocate a little ...I feel like playing devil's advocate a little bit, mostly because I can... (But to do so I feel a burning need to first preface what I will be saying with this: I firmly and adamantly believe that disparities between the wages of men and women are ludicrous. And I agree that there should be some policy enacted at the federal level that eliminates this gap. With that...)<br /><br />Do you have any thoughts on some of the evolutionary differences between men and women? For instance, at least in Western cultures, men and women tend to interact with one another very differently. Women tend to be more apparently social, talking and chatting with one another, whether or not they have anything to say. This manner of layering their conversations over one another is a means of connecting and indicating to the other person that they are actively involved in the conversation. Men on the other hand tend to have more stilted conversations, waiting for the other person to finish speaking before responding. This halted manner of conversing reflects a competition for status, where interrupting is a sign of disrespect. Though this is only laterally related to the subject of work...<br /><br />Do you have any thoughts on the idea that men and women are evolutionarily suited to different kinds of work? (I'm not sure it applies, the evolutionary developments that is, as the world we occupy becomes increasingly more automated and mechanized removing any need for someone to do the heavy lifting and saving time so that everyone can take part in the domestic work.<br /><br />Just a thought...Cameohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16234014822813071293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068619684895530539.post-40391490629200276212010-07-18T08:11:25.545-07:002010-07-18T08:11:25.545-07:00When Jayne left her job in WI the guy who replaced...When Jayne left her job in WI the guy who replaced her was given $10,000 more, despite the fact that he had less experience. As far as missing the dinner over the stiock advice. Duh!Franknoreply@blogger.com